The temperature on January 7, 1952 was between 6.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
September 6 » A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
Day of death March 20, 1989
The temperature on March 20, 1989 was between 2.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
July 27 » While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
August 2 » Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
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